Alright, so I'm listening to a hair-inducing Metallica piece when the bus pulls in. So I get on, and take my seat. This old man starts asking me questions:
Him:"Do you live in Glen Echo"?
Me:"No, Bethesda"
H: "Where do you work"?
M: "Greenbelt" (This is a really far off, industrial area of Maryland. Only been there once, for the IKEA there)
H: Greenbelt?! What do you do?
M: "Aeronautics engineering"
H: "Really! Where did you graduate"?
M: "Up in the North; McGill"
H: "Oh"!
*A minute or two of not being bugged by this creep, then*
H: "When is it going to snow"?
M: "I don't know."
So I ring the bus to stop at a stop far before the Bethesda stop. The guy asks me as the driver slows down:
H: "Where are you going?"
M: "I have errands first"
H: "Are you getting back on the bus?"
M: "Not this one, since it won't wait for me"
I nearly sprinted out of the damn thing. I mean seriously, what the fuck. You shouldn't be asking me for every detail of my life, you should be filing your AARP medicare application or something.
What would YOU have done, or what HAVE you done, in situations where some stranger starts asking you questions? Do you bluntly say "Fuck off or I'll kill you", or do you make a long string of lies like I did?
Him:"Do you live in Glen Echo"?
Me:"No, Bethesda"
H: "Where do you work"?
M: "Greenbelt" (This is a really far off, industrial area of Maryland. Only been there once, for the IKEA there)
H: Greenbelt?! What do you do?
M: "Aeronautics engineering"
H: "Really! Where did you graduate"?
M: "Up in the North; McGill"
H: "Oh"!
*A minute or two of not being bugged by this creep, then*
H: "When is it going to snow"?
M: "I don't know."
So I ring the bus to stop at a stop far before the Bethesda stop. The guy asks me as the driver slows down:
H: "Where are you going?"
M: "I have errands first"
H: "Are you getting back on the bus?"
M: "Not this one, since it won't wait for me"
I nearly sprinted out of the damn thing. I mean seriously, what the fuck. You shouldn't be asking me for every detail of my life, you should be filing your AARP medicare application or something.
What would YOU have done, or what HAVE you done, in situations where some stranger starts asking you questions? Do you bluntly say "Fuck off or I'll kill you", or do you make a long string of lies like I did?
